Churchill: A Life

Synopsis

&“A richly textured and deeply moving portrait of greatness&” (Los Angeles Times). In this masterful book, prize-winning historian and authorized Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert weaves together the research from his eight-volume biography of the elder statesman into one single volume, and includes new information unavailable at the time of the original work&’s publication. Spanning Churchill&’s youth, education, and early military career, his journalistic work, and the arc of his political leadership, Churchill: A Life details the great man&’s indelible contribution to Britain&’s foreign policy and internal social reform. With eyewitness accounts and interviews with Churchill&’s contemporaries, including friends, family members, and career adversaries, it provides a revealing picture of the personal life, character, ambition, and drive of one of the world&’s most remarkable leaders. &“A full and rounded examination of Churchill&’s life, both in its personal and political aspects . . . Gilbert describes the painful decade of Churchill&’s political exile (1929–1939) and shows how it strengthened him and prepared him for his role in the &‘hour of supreme crisis&’ as Britain&’s wartime leader. A lucid, comprehensive and authoritative life of the man considered by many to have been the outstanding public figure of the 20th century.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Mr. Gilbert&’s job was to bring alive before his readers a man of extraordinary genius and scarcely less extraordinary destiny. He has done so triumphantly.&” —The New York Times Book Review

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

1,077 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780795337277

Publisher:

RosettaBooks

Date of Addition:

09/17/23

Copyrighted By:

Martin Gilbert

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.